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Effect of BRAC Rural Development Programme on calorie consumption --- evidence from MatlabMasuma Khatun, SM Ziauddin Hyder, Abbas Bhuiya, Mushtaque ChowdhuryThe first report describes the association between calorie consumption and household socioeconomic status and examines the effect of BRAC Rural Development Programme (RDP) membership on calorie consumption per adult equivalent per day. The analysis was based on the data collected from 2,061 households in 14 villages of Matlab thana .......

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Any fluid other than breast milk given first time to a newborn is defined as pre-lacteal feeding. Present study describes the extent and nature of pre-lacteal feeding practices among rural mothers in Bangladesh. Data were collected on 473 infants aged less than 2 years from 14 villages of Matlab thana during April-August 1995. Mothers who had an eligible infant were interviewed through a structured questionnaire. Only 7% of the infants were given breast milk as a first meal. Honey (56%) .......

The primary goal of this inventory was to record the programmes and activities run by the government departments, non-governmental and autonomous organizations excluding BRAC and ICDDR,B as well as the banks in the Matlab thana. It was thought that such programmes and activities mayconfound the understanding of the contributions made by BRAC and ICDDR,B. Thus relevant information will render a clearer perspective of the development activities.The government departments, non-governmental .......

The major purpose of the study was to examine the feasibility of utilizing PRA in understanding the baseline situation and the mechanism of change. With this interest the study proposed to explore some of the socioeconomic issues of a village in Matlab and to trace their change over time which will act as a base line for studying the impact. At the same time, the study also tried to identify areas for future research.

Marriage is the only secure institution the society grants a Bangladeshi women. In a society where male dominated institutions tend to shape the life and role of a woman, the situation of a woman after marriage disruption in most cases may become insecured. Although the possibility of such an insecurity is obvious, not much has been systematically documented in this regard. Lacking also is an understanding of the factor responsible for disruption other than widowhood, nature of problems faced .......

Comparing 1992 and 1995 surveys, there is a tangible shift to the right in the population age structure, with a marked decrease in the relative size of the under-five population. This is especially evident among BRAC households. Also, female disadvantage in terms of old age survival appears to be changing as revealed by the difference in proportion of male and female population over the age of 65 years. The percentage of illiterates dropped from 62% in 1992 to 21% for member households and .......

The study aimed to assess the level of effective knowledge of women on different family planning methods to see the impact of quality of care. The study was carried out in two villages chosen from ICDDR,B intervention and comparison areas of Matlab thana where BRAC’s Rural Development Programme (RDP) has also been working since 1992. From both the areas 600 women of reproductive age were randomly selected and interviewed.The findings reveal that in the MCH-FP area 56% of women practiced .......

Existence of considerable proportion of women-headed households in rural society of Bangladesh insisted us to do this research. The objective of this study was to identify and understand the problems faced by women-headed households. The study was undertaken with two assumptions: (1) a support system is in place which ensures that on the loss of their husbands, women will either return to their natal home, be taken in by in-laws, or be helped by relatives in the community while nominally .......